Ansellia africana

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Read about Ansellia africana in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Ansellia africana, Lindl. Sts. up to 2 ft. tall, leafy above: Lvs. 4-8 in. long, about 5-nerved, elongated-lanceolate: panicle many-fld.; fls. 2 in. across, with brown-purple spots on a light yellow-green background; sepals narrow-oblong; petals about twice as broad as sepals; lateral lobes of lip oblong, the middle lobe ovate. Fernando Po. B.M. 4965. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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